UPC 9781486418343 On the Origin of Clockwork Perpetual Motion Devices and the Compass - The Original Classic Edition

ISBN 9781486418343 - On the Origin of Clockwork Perpetual Motion Devices and the Compass - The Original Classic Edition

ISBN 9781486418343 On the Origin of Clockwork Perpetual Motion Devices and the Compass - The Original Classic Edition

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On the Origin of Clockwork Perpetual Motion Devices and the Compass by Derek J. de Solla Price - The Original Classic Edition Finally available, a high quality book of the original classic edition. This is a new and freshly published edition of this culturally important work, which is now, at last, again available to you. Enjoy this classic work today. These selected paragraphs distill the contents and give you a quick look inside: For the mechanical clock, perhaps the greatest hindrance has been its treatment within a self-contained history of time measurement in which sundials, water-clocks and similar devices assume the natural role of ancestors to the weight-driven escapement clock in th 9781486418343